Underwood Veneer Wins Inter State Softball Crown
The Inter State League playoff picture tightens as Bessemer faces Montreal at Massie Field while Davis Montreal and Bessemer clinch playoff spots. Penokee Marenisco and Saxon vie for the fourth seed. Underwood Veneer Company Ten claimed last weekend’s crown, defeating White Birch Inn, last year’s champions.
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Marenisco
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Underwood Veneer Company
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Pete Peterson
Renwood
Bergman
Senate Hee
Entauann Bank
Marenisco Rheas
Katrovich
Pollack
Glidden
Sane Korpi
Bessemer High Faces Early Practice And Scheduling Questions
In week one of football practice coach Bob Reihsen notes many key players lost from last year. He cites several promising candidates but says most lack speed. A planned Sept. 21 Marquette game may move to Massie Field due to Marquette building a new athletic field, potentially giving Bessemer four home games and three away.
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Bessemer High School
Bob Reihsen
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Reihsen
Marquette
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Bessemer
Hurley Athletes Highlight Prospects For Fall Football
Hurley star Leonard Calligaro, a Hurley high school alumnus, is among candidates for the University of Wisconsin eleven this fall. Coach Stuhldreher notes Calligaro’s good grades secure his place, while Bessemer optimism rises with returning lettermen. Ashland and Wakefield hire new football coaches and Lynn Hovland and Forrest Jordan eye rebuilding. Massie Field hosts an All Star game to raise funds for injured players as local schedules and nursery inspections are touched upon.
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Harry Stuhldreher
University of Wisconsin
Leonard Calligaro
Hurley
Calligaro
Stuhldreher
Massie Field
Underwood
Bessemer
Michelas
Cotby
Brasse- Johnsen
Kelte-Vetin
Melvin
Ashland
Wakefield
Lynn Hovland
Wisconsin
Michigan High School Football Practice Rules 1940
The Michigan High School Athletic Association sets three weeks of practice before the first football game this fall, plus dates for start of practice and first games, with Upper Peninsula exceptions. Scrimmages limited to bona fide high school students. no All-Star participation during or after season. fall practice not before school opens and no separate camps.
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Michigan High School Athletic Association
Upper Peninsula
Sleepy Yatchak joins Milwaukee Chiefs for training
Vincent Sleepy Yatchak left Weyauwega Wisconsin to join the Milwaukee Chiefs pro football team for a three week intensive training before the season. He previously played rugby in Canada for three seasons and starred in Wakefield and Moorhead State Teachers college. Several Chiefs alums hail from Minnesota Illinois and Wisconsin. Ruts of the old Santa Fe trail opened in New Mexico since 1821.
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Yatchak
Weyauwega
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Milwaukee “Chiefs
Canada
Milwaukee
Wakefield
Moorhead State Teachers College
Minnesota
Illinois
Wisconsin University
William Becknell
New Mexico
Three Intersectional Tilts For Wolverine Gridders
Michigan announces a 1940 football schedule with ocean to ocean games against California and Harvard, home clashes including Michigan State Illinois Pennsylvania Northwestern, and key trips to Minneapolis and Columbus. Alumni in California and the West Coast are expected to watch the Cal game, while fans anticipate a strong slate with state and Big Ten rivals.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio State
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Pacific
University of California
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Wolverines
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Eastern
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Golden Bear
America
Evyvy" Evashevski
Minnesota
Minneapolis
The Kentucky rifle origins and fame traced
The Kentucky rifle did not originate in the South but from eastern Pennsylvania early forges. It was perfected in Lancaster and York County gunshops to satisfy frontier needs. Daniel Boone used the rifle in Kentucky exploits, giving it its name and fame through his Berks County family connections.
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Pennsylvania
Europe
Lancaster
York Counties
United Press
Daniel Boone
Kentucky
Lancaster County
Berks County
Tuberculosis Deaths Rise Paralleling War Losses
As T N T cases surge, deaths from tuberculosis lag behind. During World War I many countries showed increased tuberculosis deaths, and without stronger efforts the record of twenty years ago, a lost ground, may be repeated.
Canada pushes iron and steel output to all time wartime peak
Canada’s primary iron and steel production climbs to an unprecedented wartime record as industry leverages war demand. Officials note sustained growth across plants with increased orders and shipments to Allied forces, signaling a robust steel sector amid global conflict.
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Canada
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Bessemer Herald
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